H0494J

אֶלְנָתָן

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Elnathan

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.8.16c § Elnathan = "God has given" 1) king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather 2) three chief men in Ezra's time 3) son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim

The KJV translates H0494 in the following manner:

Elnathan (14x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אֶלְנָתָן (God has given, compare נְתַנְאֵל, & Assyrian Ilu-iddin Dl^{Pr 207, Phoenician} בעליתן, יתנבעל, Palmyrene עתנתן, והבלת, Vog^{Pal 30 & p. 31 f}, Nabataean והבאל, קסנתן Eut^{Nab 12, 1}, Sabean והבאל, אלוהב DHM^{ZMG 1883, 15. 361. 388} CIS^{iv.1,1.2.6, Theodore, Diodate}).
a. the grandfather of Jehoiakim 2Kgs 24:8 compare Jer 26:22; Jer 36:12; Jer 36:25 (?).
b. Levites of the time of Ezra Ezra 8:16 (3 t. in verse).

1 occurrence

Ezra 8:16